Kalypso Vergotti
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Kalypso Vergotti | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.686 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - A. McMillan & Son Ltd, Dumbarton | ||
| Owner | Eptanisos Steamship Co Ltd, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Argostoli | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Richard Zapp) | ||
| Position | 29N, 25W - Grid DG 6581 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 36 (36 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SL-78 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Pepel - Freetown (18 Jun) - Glasgow | ||
| Cargo | 7000 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | In July 1918 completed as British fleet oiler War Server for Shipping Controller, managed by Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co, London. 1919 sold to Greece, converted to steam merchant and renamed Kalypso Vergotti for Panaghis Vergottis, Argostoli. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.50 hours on 29 Jun, 1941, the Kalypso Vergotti, a straggler from convoy SL-78, was hit by a torpedo from U-66 and sank within 50 seconds west of the Canary Islands. Two empty lifeboats and a few survivors swimming in the water were seen by the Germans after the attack. | ||
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